What is the average cost of an air conditioner? 

still got to have the tools...

Was told 11k to replace my unit because ac portion failed it’s r22 I said na it’s window ac time cheaper for electric cools house better than the 30 year old unit ever did

​@@FusionFreak18get ur bread up 🥶

​@@sumdumguy4659u can buy all the tools u need for much less than the price some are charging andwhen done keep or sell them

Thanks brother

People far east be charging 12k-18k!! Amazing price

Yeah, I’m up here north east of you in the same hypocrite belt. You’ve got to add in a pad, accessories, thermostat, sheet metal shroud, duct adapters, flex connectors, whip, misc. There’s no way that I would do that changeout for that price. Besides, my Am Std is $300 more. These guys around here will buy $3000 worth of wheels to put on their $80,000 jacked up four-wheel-drive truck, to pull their $80,000 bass boat, but they’ll throw 11 SEER window bangers in a single wide mobile home. It’s all about priorities you know.

@@USA-GreedyMenOfNoIntegrity See, I'm old school. I would show up in a service van, do my job, make my money, bank it, and now am retired and living in Florida. Then I buy the boats , the jet ski's the four wheeler ......

You're awesome brother

Agree. In some cases I have had HVAC "techs" who didn't seem to understand what they were doing. In one case an older guy they sent out had trouble using his DMM - I showed him he had the probes inserted into the high amp current socket instead of volts, ohms, etc. In another case he added refrigerant and caused the unit to malfunction later that day. Next day he came out with another tech and they argued about how much refrigerant to take out. Not the best experience.

Here in ny i help a compani they ask for 35 dollar for tune up on your ac 😅 i replace índore and outdor unit, they only have a low bateri termostat i stop workin for them after this

But companies arent paying their techs more

I work for a HVAC manufacturer and I agree.

@@phillipterrrazas575 Econ 102 would have told you that if price increases were strictly due to inflation, profits would remain flat. Since profits rose in most industries, there's gouging going on using the excuse of inflation.

@@phillipterrrazas575 I'm talking profit margin, not absolute dollar amount.

This doesn't make sense, since the price of everything has to be based upon the price of minimum wage. As minimum wage went up, the cost of every worker beyond the minimum wage employee had to go up in lock step. Your fuel is higher priced too, so everyone's fuel had to go up too. We also pay for additional regulations that did not exist before. All of their costs skyrocketed, so they have no choice but to pass those on to the customer; otherwise they would go belly up. "Corporate greed" is the easy choice and it is also the most myopic choice.

Same here. I spent a year in a van after so now ready for commercial refrigation since despised residential. I save 7k doing my own place too.

really? what brand? that is cool

@@TaddyDigest These are Midea's but I don't like the U shape. They are very hard to seal up down in the U. Nothing is flat and smooth. They do have a very good support bracket though. I am never going to open a window once they are installed anyway. Why would I? i have other windows anyway. I would go with a more traditional style window unit over them. I think LG makes one. I wish they had a heat /cool heat pump one like the very first Midea's had. I don't know why they quit making that design. It was just a small heat pump in a box.

You have your decimal in the wrong spot. He is saying he charges $6,180

This comment is spot on… I work in HVAC wholesale and I can attest that rising costs aren’t just because of corporate greed. The cost of doing business has gone up significantly in the last 3 years.

@@Khn83 yeah I don't believe corporate greed is having a large affect like those issues are. Heck more corporations right now are just trying to stay a float. If we could get rid of the EPA we could start passing up China again who doesn't have any form of EPA and maybe bring manufacturing back from Mexico who also doesn't have an EPA.

Your political agenda is moot. Steel manufacturing plants were closed in response to COVID-19 from June 2020. Tariffs, trade wars, and shutdowns greatly impacted steel imports. As a result of shutdowns in major manufacturing plants, there was a short period of reduced demand for steel. Due to prevailing events, budget cuts, and working conditions, there was a reduction in the number of steelworkers available in the industry. Inventory levels in warehouses started to go down because there was no additional supply of raw materials. The inventory level continued to go down and hit an all-time low. Mines were closed down or affected by the pandemic, putting a strain on the supply of raw materials. Some mills fell victim to cyberattacks or faced frequent strikes amongst the workers.

@@yz250a the delusions are strong with this one. How long did it take you to make all of that up and ignore all of bidens actions that led to this?

@@Khn83 This is the least myopic, most explanatory comment so far.

Great answer my friend

That's the easy choice, the myopic choice. What do you think happens when you print billions of dollars and hand it out?

It’s not just labor that you have to cover. It’s insurance, materials, possible call backs for warranty stuff that you have no control over.

What you don’t understand is a good tech has over 10k in tools easy. Out of every 10 techs, there may be 1 you would actually want to install your system. Got a real difficult problem to solve, maybe 5 techs out of 100 could actually fig out the issue. There’s a lot of knowledge, and skill involved with hvac/hvacr. If you want to really complain about pricing, complain about the healthcare system pricing.

@@nebraskaman8247 Just because healthcare pricing is out of control, doesn't mean hvac prices aren't either. 10k in tool isn't that much for something you do for a living. $200-$300 and hour to wrench on an hvac is too much. I'll agree with you that 1 out of 10 seems to be good at their job. So like everything else these days, i'll end up installing my unit myself because it isn't that hard to learn.

I would love to see the after pics of an install you do. I’ve trained guys that still do what I think looks like crappy work, and they have over 12 months experience. Learning something is just a fraction of the end result. Skill, and experience make a huge difference. Not to offend you, and clearly I’m not doing work for you, pay someone to install your expensive hvac equipment. Unless you’re going to pro press every single connection, don’t even try. Btw the pro press tool is quite expensive, although I say pro press bc it actually holds up. It’s also used in some building where torch usage is restricted.

your welcome Glad you watched 👀 😊

The first one was at thirty three hundred dollars installed

@@TaddyDigest OK, thanks for clarifying. How much was the labor in the 10 yrs ago example?

I'm not sure

Why don't you criticize? Why don't you put people down? I hope there somebody positive in your life someday

​@@TaddyDigest To thicken your skin and help your channel with viewer participation statistics. I can't hate you because I don't know you. Therefore, you shouldn't take it personally.

I'm glad you were there to help your parents Companies like that should be ashamed

That sounds like a outrageous price man I would not go with that company

I mean installed

Price book You can get that from a distributor When you become a dealer

Only the government can cause inflation.

Wow.

@Taddy Digest also why I am never letting anyone one touch it. It still works like a charm, and in 2018 I went to the local college and learned HVAC, I am licensed HVAC tech. I am also legally blind.

I wants to edit it was 15 SEER rating. R22. But epa a$$holes take away r22, yes I have my universal epa 608 license too. It doesn't work as well as the R12 they took. Now 410A bye bye

R410A doesn't work as well as R22.

That was the install price

Oh damn ya that was cheap back then. Your install price then was exactly the same as the unit cost before tax. I wonder what the equipment cost was then

Do you sell twenty seer every job l o l

me too ✋️

I struggle with pricing myself. Half the people out here are charging 12000. Half are charging 3000.

What is that

bro the price was 3340.00 for the equipment installed now the equipment installed is 6100.00

lol 😆 😂 🤣

I'm in Tennessee.

I wonder how much shipping a unit costs from Tennessee

​@Steven Kilpatrick unfortunately in So Cal you would have to buy ultra low nox..so it's already more expensive then the rest of the country

@@craigroesberry3316 not all of California just 3 counties. Buy in san diego to get around lo nox

@@Matt-hr5ng San Diego is exempt from ultra low nox? Lucky!